Wayland Celebrates Student-Athletes, Teams, and Coaches at the 2024-25 Winter Sports Awards

The Wayland Academy community met in Kimberly Chapel, on Wednesday, February 26, for the 2024-25 Winter Sports Awards to honor Big Red student-athletes and coaches. Varsity letter winners, team awards, and one four-year letter winner were recognized during the ceremony. 

Here are this year's award winners: 

Basketball 

Boys 

• Most Improved: Mario Padilla `26
• Most Valuable: Sam Porras `25
• Champion of Character:
  • Varsity—Anton Flatt `25
  • JV—Ilia Babenko `27
  • JV2—Matthew Nguyen `27

Girls 

• Most Improved: Jaya James `25
• Most Valuable: Montse Murillo `25
• Champion of Character:
  • Varsity—Andrea Riesen `25
  • JV—Jasleen Bhandal `25

Cheerleading

• Most Improved: Molly Kim `27
• Most Valuable: Mikah Agno `25
• Champion of Character: Ssanyu Nambeguya `25

Fencing 

• Most Improved: Connor Van Nocker `26
• Most Valuable: Hanna Paszczuk `25
• Champion of Character: Toby Hong `25

Forensics 

• Most Improved: Khushi Jhamb `27
• Most Valuable: Jonah Ratajczak `25
• Champion of Character: Haley Bislew `25
• Four-Year Letter Award Winner: Jonah Ratajczak `25

Powerlifting 

Boys 

• Most Improved: Jozeph Arslanoglu `25
• Most Valuable: Easton Keil `26
• Champion of Character: Jeongwoo Na `25

Girls 

• Most Improved: Chloe Kim `27
• Most Valuable: Ella Kikkert `26
• Champion of Character: Cynthia Ishimwe `26

Swimming

• Most Improved: Albert Kim `27
• Most Valuable: Harry Yeo `26
• Champion of Character:
  • Varsity—Fabian Calvo Guevara `26
  • JV—Shalom Irasubiza `27

Wrestling

• Most Improved: Yeldar Ali `26
• Most Valuable: The Entire Team
• Champion of Character: Sadaf Rezaei `26

Congratulations to all our winter sports athletes and coaches on an outstanding season. Go Big Red! #RTB 🔔